Good to exercise the vehicles occasionally. Got four of them. The newest to me is turnkey drivable (1930 coupe) The one I have owned the longest (1961 Impala sport coupe for 43 years) needs a transmission rebuild. The other two (1928 sedan and coach) need a money faucet to get them on the road. 

@clayton1961-2 Ernest, your reply literally made me laugh out loud!  These old cars are simply a test of our will power if nothing else. Trying to put them back on the road with little to no written literature and, for me, no one close by that has interest in old cars, just adds to the frustration. But when you can overcome the obstacles and beat the gremlins, what a triumph it is. Now, when I can get in the car pump the accelerator, hit the old floor starter button and she cranks and idles quietly while still cold, just thrills my little heart. When I can drive it around town and she purrs, it gives me a great big smile. Then, when other drivers of newer cars give me a thumbs up or a wave makes me believe it's worth all the trouble.

I have two 41s a 2 door sedan and the 5 passenger coupe. I also have a show car 1955 Chevy 210 Delray (currently in the shop getting the Vintage Aire sorted out). They all mean a lot to me and I'm enjoying owning them. Thanks for your post.

As I see, We all seem to have the same life style as to going out to our antique and creating, in our mind, where we shall take our vehicles, for that small journey just to keep them running, and then go through the motions of the prepping to get them running, then head out for that journey, and some times, there's only a few who glance and maybe wave.  Most of my journeys, many waves and shout outs are made.

But, as I have a 29 Truck, which looks like new, I get tremendously more acknowledgement from car people than I do from truck people.  Let's not take into consideration that my Truck is painted "Barney Purple".  That could be the problem.

My last encounter with a Trucker, daytime around 1pm, bright sunny day, 80 something degree weather, I'm sitting in the first lane at the first position of the red light, and a huge Black Ford 350 XLT Truck pulls up beside me, in the second lane, with that huge diesel rumble, and our windows are down, so I yell up to him, "What's the Horse Power of your Truck and is it a 1 and a half ton?"  He says "It's got over 400 horse power and it's a 1 and a half ton!"

So, I yell back, over his Diesel noise, "Very Nice!  My Truck only has 41 max horse power, 4 speed, and its a 1 and a half ton pickup!".  I quickly noticed the light changed and took off leaving him behind.  I hope it was just that he wanted to see my truck go off into the "sunset" and not because his truck might have "lagged" for power and being over 50K in value with all that HP and Torque.

@clayton1961-2 @junky @jerry-berry  I drive my 1936 1-1/2 ton Chevy almost every week. I like the reactions I get, but the bottom line is that I am doing it because I like it. I would be doing it if I was the only guy on earth who liked old cars.

Mike

@35mike  @clayton1961-2 @junky @jerry-berry

Same here.

When I'm not at the farm (which is over 100 miles away), and there isn't snow and/or salt on the streets, the '46 is driven almost every day.

Groceries, ice cream, running my son in to work at the university, I use it every chance I get.

Luckily, my wife likes riding in it almost as much as I like driving it.

I'm not sure how to pull Ernest and Jerry back into this post but...

If you two get back to this post, could you each show a picture of the vehicle(s) per your comments above in this post.  It would be great historical data of how "we" appreciate our lives with the stories surrounding our ventures, out among those who have no idea they have become participants with the vehicles we cherish. 

For those, who in the future, stumble into this post, we thank you for your interest and I for one, would hope at some future time in your life, you are lucky enough, as us, to experience what "we" experience every time we take these vehicles out for a ride.

G

I drive my truck at least two days a week, short run on Wednesdays and a long run on Sundays.  Since I live in the most populated county in FLA, traffic is always an issue.